This whale alert can help traders spot the next big trading opportunity.
Whales are entities with large sums of money, and we track their trades on Benzinga’s Options Activity Scanner.
Traders will look for situations where the market estimate of an option deviates significantly from its normal value. High levels of trading activity could push option prices up or down.
Here are some examples of options activity taking place in the information technology sector:
| symbol | bearish/bullish | Transaction Type | mood | predecessor.date | strike price | total transaction price | Open Interest | volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| apple | Excellent | whip | bearish | 9/23/22 | $152.50 | $25.7K | 9.4K | 13.2K |
| Microsoft | call | whip | bullish | 9/30/22 | $250.00 | $102,600 | 1.2K | 5.5K |
| Nvidia | call | whip | bearish | 9/23/22 | $137.00 | $42.8K | 1.9K | 5.2K |
| PANW | Excellent | whip | bearish | 10/21/22 | $175.00 | $67.0K | 326 | 4.4K |
| AMD | Excellent | whip | bullish | 9/30/22 | $76.00 | $84.6K | 1.0K | 1.5K |
| Avia | call | whip | bearish | 11/18/22 | $2.00 | $84.2K | 574 | 1.4K |
| International Trade Centre | call | trading | bullish | 1/19/24 | $40.00 | $25.9K | 27.1K | 1.1K |
| FSLR | call | whip | bullish | 9/23/22 | $143.00 | $307,000 | 104 | 586 |
| DQ | call | trading | bullish | 10/21/22 | $70.00 | $45.8K | 1.2K | 424 |
| PYPL | Excellent | whip | bullish | 12/16/22 | $97.50 | $27.3K | 1.9K | 268 |
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• about apple applewe observe Excellent Options whip and bearish mood.it expires in 4 days September 23, 2022. Transaction Party 100 contract $152.50 strike. This particular put option needs to be split into 5 different trades to complete.The total fee received by the writing party (or parties) is $25.7KThe price is $257.0 per contract.used to have 9439 Open interest before today and today’s strike 13248 sales contract.
• about Microsoft Microsoftwe observe call Options whip and bullish mood.it expires in 11 days September 30, 2022. Transaction Party 404 contract $250.00 strike. This particular call needs to be split into 21 different transactions to complete.The total fee received by the writing party (or parties) is $102,600The price is $253.0 per contract.used to have 1250 Open interest before today and today’s strike 5561 sales contract.
• about Nvidia Nvidiawe observe call Options whip and bearish mood.it expires in 4 days September 23, 2022. Transaction Party 200 contract $137.00 strike. This particular call needs to be split into 5 different transactions to complete.The total fee received by the writing party (or parties) is $42.8KThe price is $214.0 per contract.used to have 1977 Open interest before today and today’s strike 5270 sales contract.
• about PANW PANWwe observe Excellent Options whip and bearish mood.it expires in 32 days October 21, 2022. Transaction Party 86 contract $175.00 strike. This particular put option needs to be split into 9 different trades to complete.The total fee received by the writing party (or parties) is $67.0KThe price is $780.0 per contract.used to have 326 Open interest before today and today’s strike 4424 sales contract.
• for AMD AMDwe notice a Excellent Options whip that happens to be bullishExpires in 11 days September 30, 2022. This event is to turn 300 contract $76.00 strike. This particular put option needs to be split into 8 different trades to complete.The total fee received by the writing party (or parties) is $84.6KThe price is $282.0 per contract.used to have 1021 Open interest before today and today’s strike 1533 sales contract.
• for Avia Aviawe notice a call Options whip that happens to be bearishExpires in 60 days November 18, 2022. This event is to turn 1203 contract $2.00 strike. This particular call needs to be split into 14 different transactions to complete.The total fee received by the writing party (or parties) is $84.2KThe price is $70.0 per contract.used to have 574 Open interest before today and today’s strike 1441 sales contract.
• for International Trade Centre International Trade Centrewe notice a call Options trading that happens to be bullishExpires in 487 days January 19, 2024. This event is to turn 150 contract $40.00 strike.The total fee received by the writing party (or parties) is $25.9KThe price is $173.0 per contract.used to have 27191 Open interest before today and today’s strike 1144 sales contract.
• for FSLR FSLRwe notice a call Options whip that happens to be bullishExpires in 4 days September 23, 2022. This event is to turn 231 contract $143.00 strike. This particular call needs to be split into 6 different transactions to complete.The total fee received by the writing party (or parties) is $307,000The price is $133.0 per contract.used to have 104 Open interest before today and today’s strike 586 sales contract.
• for DQ DQwe notice a call Options trading that happens to be bullishExpires in 32 days October 21, 2022. This event is to turn 399 contract $70.00 strike.The total fee received by the writing party (or parties) is $45.8KThe price is $115.0 per contract.used to have 1209 Open interest before today and today’s strike 424 sales contract.
• for PYPL PYPLwe notice a Excellent Options whip that happens to be bullishExpires in 88 days December 16, 2022. This event is to turn twenty four contract $97.50 strike. This particular put option needs to be split into 5 different trades to complete.The total fee received by the writing party (or parties) is $27.3KThe price is $1140.0 per contract.used to have 1953 Open interest before today and today’s strike 268 sales contract.
Options Alert Terms
– Call contract: The contractual right to purchase shares.
– Place the contract: The right to sell the shares stipulated in the contract.
– expiration date: when the contract expires. If you want to use it, you must act in accordance with the contract by this date.
– Premium/Option Price: contract price.
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